Strainer for pot covers



March 30 1926. 1,578,466

H. PEARL STRAINER FOR POT COVERS Filed May 27, 1924 INVENTOR jYrmafi/P 2* ATTOR Y Patented Mar. 30, 1 926 HERMANPEARIIQOF MoRRIs PARK, EW YoRk.

STRAINE FOR POT cove Rs,

Application inea May 27, 1924.- Serial No. 716,255,

Toall whom it may] comm:

Be it known that I, HERMAN PEARL, a citizen of the'United States, and resident of -Morris Park, Long Island, county of Queens, and State of New York, have ing-l' vented certain new and useful Improvements in Strainers for'Pot Covers, of which; the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved strainer for pot covers and has foritsfprimary object to provide a device of this char acter embodying an adjustable plate and cover means for mounting said plate upon the. pot cover for movement over a. plurality of steam outlet openings whereby any de sired number of such openings maybe closed which' all of theopenings orxperforations 9 inthe cover wall are eXposedin'o-ne pog'i-ption of said plate,as seen'in Figj2 iof'tlie cli'zu'v i'ng". The outerfedge of this plate v 1s flanged as rva't 12, saidflange snugly fitting f to restrict the emission of steam.'

It is a further object of the inventionto i provide in one embodimentthereof 'a 'de-' tachable mounting ofthe shiftable plate so that when it is not desired to use said plate the housewife may readily detach the same from the cover so that the latter will have the appearance of an ordinary pot f cover.

provided with straining openings.

It is also a further general. object of my 'to the manufacturing costof the pot cove-r.

lVith the above and other objects in View,

the invention consists in the improved form,

construction and relative arrangement of the several parts as Wlll be hereinafter more panying drawing and subsequently incorporated in the siibjoined claim. I

In the drawing wherein I have illustrated severaldesirable embodiments of the invention' and 'inwhich similar reference charao: ters designate correspondmgparts throughout the several views. 7

Figure 1 is a side elevation of acooking 0 a cover provided with the '1m-' pot havin proved straining device;

Figure 2 is a top plan view; Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 33 ofFig.2; V 5 Figure 4-is a plan View of the cover with the adjustable plate removed and illustrating another embodiment of the invention; Figure 5 is a plan viewsimilar to Figure 4 showing a further modification, and Figure 6 is a section taken on the line 6-6 ofFig..5. i. r

F fully described, illustrated in the acco-m-" Referring in detail to the drawingf and PATENT OFFICE;;-

more particularly to Figures 1,- ,2 and 3" thereof,"'5 designates the body ofthe' pot, said pot being provided with a removable cover '6. This cover is formed with a'curved. marginal fiange-7, the edge'of said flangebeing inwardly bent upon itself to provid'e a j bead Swhich is adapted for engagement- 7 6 I ,under a reinforcing bead formed on the'xup-i per edge'of thebody Wallof the pot. The wall of the-pot cover 6 is provided in'one section thereof with a multiplicity of straining openings or' perforations" 9;" A

sheet me tal plate 10 is circumferentially shiftable upon the coverjwall and is pro vided'with an elongated openingll through I upon the flange 7"of the potcover and liav-v its extreme edge inwardlyturne'd as at 18,

under the bead ,'.ll1is edge portion 113 of the platelO does not however, extend in- '3 wardly to such a distance that itwill in any way obstruct the proper engagement of the bead 8 with the bead of the body wall.

The plate 10 is further provided gitudinally extending on the upper edge fea spaced relation to its inner edge with a lon I slot 1 L through; I which'a stud or shank 15 fixed'in thefwallj of the cover extends, This stud has abroad fiat head 16 which affords, an extensive bearing upon the'upper' surface o'fthe plate 10 and effectually prevents movement ofsaid plate vertically" with V respect j to the i v cover-wall; The'flange '12fof the shiftablel'i' I and upon each side of the uide stud15, by

plate extending thefull length of said plate its bearing'contact on the ange 7, prevents pivotal movement of -the adjustable plate on saidstud.

formed with an upstanding finger piece 17 by means of which said plate may be con- 7 ings or perforations 9 are uncovered and the liquid may be strained from the conis in the position seen i tents of the pot or vessel through said pera forations and the opening 11 inthe adjustable plate. At the start of the cooking At one end the plate '10 is preferably I a v operation the plate is shifted from its illustratedposition so that said plate. eX-J tends over and closesall of the perforations 9, thus preventing the escape of the steam.

Subsequently, this plate may be adjusted to permit of. the escape of a portion of the j steam from the pot by uncovering a .greater i openings and withoutthe adjustable steam control plate.

or less number of the perforations 9 so that the food will not be overcooked. j

In some cases the housewife may prefer a cover-simply provided with the straining I therefore contem late 7 a 0 arranglng. the openings or perforations. 1n

the cover in. triangular form, as shown at 9", inFigure a of the drawing. The inner' opening 9' at the apeX .of the triangular group of perforations is; of slightlygreaten diameter than the remaining.perforations, though the difieren-ce-is scarcely noticeable. This opening 9 may receive the guide bolt orstud for the slide plate 10, said stud having a threaded inner end to receive a clamping nut. Thus the guide stud and the plate 10 can be easily removed from the pot cover and the bolt receiving opening 97 V will then appearpto be merely one of 1 the group ofstraining opening-s19. so-othat the appearanceiof the cover will not be other-" zwise afie'cted by the removal of the slide ipla't'eif Iii other alternative construction, in which inligs. 5 'and dI-have illustrated an stead of providing the guide bolt or stud '..15, an angulartongue 18 is stru'ck upwardly" 1 from the wall'of the cover 6, the vertically extending portionof said tongue being engaged through the slot 14: in the slide plate, while the horizontal portion of, the

tongue bears uponthe upper surface of said plate at the outer edge of the slot.

From the foregoing description 3 'co-nsid ordisplaced from its proper position upon the pot cover and which is very convenient and serviceable in practical use Ihave herein shown and described a'construction and mounting of the adjustable plate which I have found very satisfactory but it will be evident that this plate might be produced in other forms, and various other equivalent devices employed for retaining the said plate in its applied position on the cover. that while I :have herein described certain preferable embodiments of the invention,

;; the device is susceptible ,of eXemp lification 1n, numerous alternative structures and I I,

It is accordingly; to be understood therefore, reserve the privilege ofadopting all such legitimate; changes in the form, proportion and relative arrangement of the. several parts as may be fairly embodiedwithin the spirit and scope-ofthe invention as claimed. a.

I claim:

In combination with a potcover having I a plurallty of spaced perforations in its wall and provided witha continuous marginal fiangepro ecting downwardly at an angle to the bodytof. the coverand terminating in an "inwardly turned head, a slide 'plate closely contacting] upon the upper surface of-the cover and having'anopening therein through which a greater or less number of said perforations maybe ex posed, said plate also having an angularly :disposed flange on one edge extending the entire length ofsaid plate and closely overlying thefiange on said cover, the edge of the flange onsaid plate extending inwardly upon the bead of the coverfiange, said plate adjacent its inner edgehavingalongitudinally extending slot therein, and: guide means on the cover engaged through said slot to limit the sliding movement of said 'plate;

and to retain the flange, on said plate in" contact throughout its length n I with n the flange on said cover. ,7 .7

In testimony that I I e ringing. claim the foregoing as my invention, I haVfe signedgm -namei hereunder.

; HERMAN PEARL. i 

